| DESCRIPTIVIST | • descriptivist adj. Subscribing to, or related to, descriptivism. • descriptivist n. (Linguistics) Someone who records and describes actual rules regarding language usage, or who believes… • DESCRIPTIVIST adj. relating to descriptivism, a theory of ethics by which only empirical statements are acceptable. |
| DICTATORSHIPS | • dictatorships n. Plural of dictatorship. • DICTATORSHIP n. the office of dictator. |
| DISPIRITMENTS | • dispiritments n. Plural of dispiritment. • DISPIRITMENT n. a state of being dispirited. |
| HYDROPATHISTS | • hydropathists n. Plural of hydropathist. • HYDROPATHIST n. one who treats with hydropathy. |
| ORTHOPAEDISTS | • orthopaedists n. Plural of orthopaedist. • ORTHOPAEDIST n. a specialist in orthopaedy, also ORTHOPEDIST. |
| PAROTIDITISES | • PAROTIDITIS n. inflammation of the parotid gland, as in mumps, also PAROTITIS. |
| PERIODONTISTS | • periodontists n. Plural of periodontist. • PERIODONTIST n. a dentist specialising in periodontics. |
| PERIOSTITIDES | • periostitides n. Plural of periostitis. • PERIOSTITIS n. inflammation of the periosteum. |
| POSTDOCTORALS | • postdoctorals n. Plural of postdoctoral. • POSTDOCTORAL n. a degree beyond the doctoral level. |
| POSTGRADUATES | • postgraduates n. Plural of postgraduate. • POSTGRADUATE n. a student continuing formal education after graduation from high school or college. |
| POSTMODERNIST | • postmodernist adj. Postmodern. • postmodernist n. An advocate or follower of postmodernism. • POSTMODERNIST n. a follower of postmodernism. |
| PREDESTINATES | • predestinates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of predestinate. • PREDESTINATE v. to determine beforehand. |
| SERENDIPITIST | • serendipitist n. A person who benefits from serendipity. • SERENDIPITIST n. a person who believes in serendipity; a person who has this faculty. |
| SPATTERDASHES | • spatterdashes n. Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters. • SPATTERDASH n. an old type of long gaiter or legging to protect the trousers from mud. |
| STEPDAUGHTERS | • stepdaughters n. Plural of stepdaughter. • STEPDAUGHTER n. a daughter of one's wife or husband by a former partner. |
| SUPERSTRUCTED | • superstructed v. Simple past tense and past participle of superstruct. • SUPERSTRUCT v. to build on something else as a foundation. |